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Buyer’s Misrepresentation Claim Fails Due to Economic Loss Doctrine

Explore a recent case involving a buyer’s misrepresentation claim in an M&A deal. Learn how the economic loss doctrine played a crucial role in the outcome and its implications for similar cases. M&A Stories December 7, 2018 In a recent

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Officer of company selling assets can be liable to buyer in tort for material misrepresentations and omissions even though not a party or guarantor to the asset purchase agreement

Today I want to talk about James. He was the officer of a company (“Seller”) which owned and operated an Anytime Fitness center franchise in Nicholasville (a small city outside of Lexington, Kentucky). In September of 2016, Robert, owner and

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